I find it funny how people say every year Reiter is more crowded than ever. I fished pretty hard during the winter in the late 80's when I was going to college. I went during the week and weekends depending on time of year and conditions. Since then I've gone off and on. Some years 8 or 9 times other years none. I always time it for what I think is "peak" time so I know the crowds are there. In my observations the crowds are the same. Hell, I even see some of the same people I saw in the 80's. On weeks like this week, there were and will be people in line at 5:00 am or earlier. There was and always will be people who come in at sunrise and wonder why they can't find a spot. There will also be guys who walk in at sunrise and get a prime spot because the guy who was standing there limited in 20 minutes. And I have no doubt that 50 fish were caught those days this week. Especially if you add up fish released and fish caught on the HWY 2 side.

Last thing. I haven't been up there this year yet. I did go a few times last December at what I condsider "peak" days. Yes it was crowded. But I saw no problems. If someone got hung up it was "sorry etc". I can also tell you it was more crowded that week on Thursday and Friday than on Saturday. I was actually amazed after the amount of fish hit that Friday, that by 9:00 am (Saturday), you could actually move to another spot because people had limited and not an equal # of people had come in to take their spots.

To me, Reiter is just one of the many spots I know and fish. I go to Reiter I think people and lots of fish. I go to other spots, I think solitude. They all serve a purpose.